Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain The British Museum: Greek Geometric Pottery: 25 - Rilegato

Coldstream, J. N.

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ISBN 10: 0714122637 ISBN 13: 9780714122632

Casa editrice: British Museum Pubns Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

The British Museum's holding of Greek Geometric pottery comprises 200 items, covering the period from the 10th to the 7th century BC: most of these pieces have never been published before. The bulk of the collection - 123 pieces - is Attic, but eleven other regional styles are also represented. These include not only mainland Greek fabrics such as Argive, Boeotian, Corinthian and Laconian, but also the island fabrics of the Cyclades and Crete, as well as those of East Greece and Caria. The collection is particularly strong in Melian and Rhodian styles.

A brief overview of each style precedes the detailed descriptions of the pieces, so that the book serves not only as a catalogue but also as an introduction to the major local fabrics of Early Iron Age Greece. Informed by the late Nicolas Coldstream's deep and wide-ranging knowledge, this book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.

Every piece is illustrated, many with multiple views and some with additional line drawings.

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L'autore:

J.N. Coldstream (1927-2008) was the world's leading scholar of Greek Geometric art. His interest in Geometric pottery was sparked during a one-year post in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum. He went on to be a Macmillan Student at the British School in Athens and then a lecturer in Bedford College, London, becoming Professor of Aegean Archaeology in 1975. In 1983 he was appointed Yates Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at University College London, a post he held until his retirement in 1992. He also served as editor of the Annual of the British School at Athens, and excavated on Sicily, Kythera and Crete, publishing the results of the excavations at Knossos in a series of four volumes co-edited with his joint excavator, Hector Catling. His two great books Greek Geometric Pottery (1968) and Geometric Greece (1977) were revised and updated in the last years of his life.

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Book by Coldstream J N

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• Editore: British Museum Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0714122637
• ISBN 13: 9780714122632
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 168